Thirty years ago, Riverdance's groundbreaking Eurovision interval performance ignited a new generation's devotion to Irish dancing Every Irish dancer remembers the first time they watched Ri…
The comedian's claim that wokeness is the reason why comedy is no longer as funny is lazy " and inaccurate Jerry Seinfeld is currently at saturation point, promoting his new Pop Tarts movie …
Underbelly Boulevard, LondonThere are shocks aplenty as daredevils perform death-defying acts hair-raisingly close to the audience Circus used to happen in big tops. The Underbelly Boulevard…
Doctor Who star will play Algernon in the 'hilariously subversive' comedy, said artistic director Rufus Norris Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa is to make his debut at the National Theatre in Lon…
Illinoise sees the artist's 2005 album transform into an ambitious and eye-opening modern dance show like nothing else on Broadway Justin Peck is spending the spring zigzagging between Times…
Choreographers from the US, Brazil, Greece and Portugal in the running for the £40,000 inaugural Rose international dance prize Four choreographers are in the running for the inaugural …
The standup on being a vibe killer, studying Richard Pryor and why comedy isn't for good-looking people Who is your comedy hero?I grew up idolising a lot of standups: Chris Rock, Maria Bamfo…
As she takes the words of Grenfell Tower fire survivors to the New York stage, the playwright talks about being drawn to painful subjects, and the disaster's worldwide relevance The night I …
Chichester Festival theatreMike Poulton's adaptation of Philippa Gregory's novel shows how the sisters refuse to be passive victims Wife Number 2 to serial husband, King Henry VIII, first to…
Brighton DomeRanganathan's Hustle delivers laughs, but not the shock of the new. It is at its best when we glimpse something meaningful beneath the standard-issue curmudgeonliness 'I'll be h…
Dundee RepMorna Young's new adaptation, directed by Finn den Hertog, captures the earthiness of rural life in early 1900s Scotland, but it needs to dig deeper In front of a backdrop suggesti…
Old Vic; Battersea Arts Centre; Bush theatre, LondonRichard Jones's supercharged staging of Sophie Treadwell's 1920s masterpiece hits like a fist; Emma Rice subverts a dark fairytale with ci…
The star of Homeland and Tár on performing In The Cherry Orchard at the Donmar, working with Cate Blanchett, her Green party upbringing, and acting in a second language Nina Hoss, 48, is …
Soho theatre, LondonPhil Burgers made clowning hip after winning the Edinburgh comedy award in 2012. Now older, if not wiser, his new show is a little undercooked, but his skill as a perform…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonAdam Scott-Rowley struts, writhes and jiggles his way from ancient Celt to Hieronymus Bosch wretch in this potent cross between physical theatre and performance ar…
The Broadway Theatre, New York F Scott Fitzgerald's novel makes an underwhelming transfer to the stage in a bombastic yet misfiring new production The musical currently playing at the Broadw…
Hayes Theater, New York The Tony winner is as captivating as ever as a troubled matriarch but Paula Vogel's emotionally underpowered play often struggles to meet her level At a performance o…
Marylebone theatre, LondonFairytale meets hip-hop in Kevan Allen's energetic reworking of the classic ballet about a toymaker and his all-too-realistic doll Kevan Allen usually choreographs…
Women in Theatre Lab will act as incubator for playwriting and acting talent and address gender inequality Gemma Arterton, Joanna Scanlan and Stella Kanu are some of the figures backing an i…
Production examines why Scottish poet's The Living Mountain lay unpublished in a drawer for 30 years Nan Shepherd, the Scottish poet and nature writer whose vivid reflections on her treks th…
St George's BristolThe German chanteuse enters her seventh decade with her velvet voice and characteristic wit intact Time Traveler is the title of the indefatigable Ute Lemper's current sho…
Blades of famous cabaret venue, home of the French can-can, fall from roof overnight The home of the high-spirited French can-can has been laid temporarily low after the sails of the red-pai…
Arcola theatre, LondonAndrée Bernard's solo show is a bizarre representation of one woman's love life, minus depth and character development This solo musical opens with a sex scene. A woma…
Everyman, Liverpool No two performances take the same order as Joe Ward Munrow's scenes of industrial conflict range across history " led by a machine's chance decrees A play about machines …
Orange Tree theatre, LondonTensions rise as rain stops play in the Women's Cricket World Cup between India and England Stepping up to bat in this show of two very different innings are the e…